【科比告别特辑】Dear Basketball · 罗斌

关注微信公众号“为你读英语美文”，获取本期节目译文，图文资料 关注新浪微博 "为你读英语美文"，和我们互动 主播：罗斌-广东海洋大学大二在读 地点：广东 河源 科比•布莱恩特Kobe Bryant的第18次，同时也是最后一次全明星赛于2月15日正式落幕。 在出场仪式中，科比在西部明星队里压轴出场，这是最高的待遇。当主持人把他全部的荣誉都介绍完一次，他缓缓走下台和观众击掌时，显得平静而满足。 而在比赛中，科比仅仅拿到10分，他的第一次触球甚至差点失误。在凯尔•洛里的防守下，他做了这19年来已经做过无数次动作，背打、转身、跳投，把球投入网，科比看起来甚至有些疲惫；在和老队友加索尔互相卡位的时候，他们脸上都挂着微笑，这是一种岁月带来的默契。 比赛结束后，摄像机的镜头全部集中到了科比的身上，他和自己的队友们一一击掌、拥抱，每个人都沉默不语，因为大家都知道，这是科比的最后一次全明星演出。科比的眼睛里含着泪花，但他最终微笑着离开。（摘自广东日报） 17岁进入NBA，5次总冠军，历史总得分榜第三位，17次全明星，单场81分等等数不清的荣誉让我们记住了这个可能是后乔丹时代最伟大的篮球运动员。 接下来，罗斌要为你读的是科比宣布退役之后写给篮球的一封信。 Dear Basketball Kobe Bryant 　　Dear Basketball, 亲爱的篮球， 　　From the moment 从小时候 　　I started rolling my dad’s tube socks 我穿着老爸的直筒袜 　　And shooting imaginary 假装着 　　Game-winning shots 我在大西部论坛球馆 　　In the Great Western Forum 投中制胜球的样子 　　I knew one thing was real: 我就清楚知道一件事情： 　　I fell in love with you. 我爱上你了。 　　A love so deep I gave you my all — 我爱你如此之深，已奉献我的所有— 　　From my mind & body 从我的思想到我的身体 　　To my spirit & soul. 从我的精神到我的灵魂 　　As a six-year-old boy 六岁的我 　　Deeply in love with you 深深的爱着你 　　I never saw the end of the tunnel. 我从没想过这段旅程结束时的样子 　　I only saw myself 我只看到我自己 　　Running out of one. 在这条路上奔跑 　　And so I ran. 所以我不停的跑 　　I ran up and down every court 每场比赛我都不停奔跑 　　After every loose ball for you. 为争取每一次得到你的机会 　　You asked for my hustle 你需要我拼尽全力 　　I gave you my heart 我为你奉上了我的心 　　Because it came with so much more. 因为这需要的不仅仅是尽力。 　　I played through the sweat and hurt 我为打球流尽血汗、带着一身伤病 　　Not because challenge called me 不是因为困难在挑战我 　　But because YOU called me. 而是因为你在呼唤我 　　I did everything for YOU 我已经为你做了一切 　　Because that’s what you do 因为你也是这样对待我 　　When someone makes you feel as 因为你让我感觉 　　Alive as you’ve made me feel. 我自己是一个鲜活的人 　　You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream 你让一个6岁的孩子实现了他的湖人梦 　　And I’ll always love you for it. 为此我将永远爱你。 　　But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer. 但是我不能再如此迷恋你了 　　This season is all I have left to give. 这个赛季是我所能给的仅有的 　　My heart can take the pounding 我的心还能继续承受各种打击 　　My mind can handle the grind 我的意志也还能继续坚持下去 　　But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye. 但我的身体让我知道是时候说再见了 　　And that’s OK. 这也很好 　　I’m ready to let you go. 我已经做好准备跟你说再见了 　　I want you to know now 我现在只是想让你知道 　　So we both can savor every moment we have left together. 　　我们俩都可以永远珍藏着彼此一起度过的每一段时光 　　The good and the bad. 无论是好的，还是坏的 　　We have given each other 我们已经给了彼此 　　All that we have. 我们所能给的全部 　　And we both know, no matter what I do next 我们俩都知道，接下来无论我去做什么 　　I’ll always be that kid 我都会是那个 　　With the rolled up socks 穿着老爸的直筒袜 　　Garbage can in the corner 瞄准角落里的垃圾桶 　　:05 seconds on the clock 假装进攻时间还有5秒 　　Ball in my hands. 手里拿着篮球的小孩 　　5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 5秒…4秒…3秒…2秒…1秒 　　Love you always, 一直爱你的， 　　Kobe 科比 接下来，罗斌为你读的是他自己写给篮球的一封信。 As I read this touching letter, my childhood memory of basketball suddenly occurred to me. And I want to share with you. When I was just eight years old, my uncle drove me to the basketball court and asked me to make a shot. I was too short to shoot. After a whole afternoon&`&s shooting, I did make few good shots under my uncle’s guidance. I felt so happy about every improvement I made. I guess it was that moment I fell in love with basketball, simply because of the joy and fun basketball brought to me. So I started playing. At that time, there was a basketball court in the backyard, dozens of meters away from my home. That court was very shabby and the basket was much higher than a standard one. Every time I shot, it seemed like falling down. What’s worse, the ground was uneven and dusty. Despite of the shabby surroundings, what I remember more is about the moment I spent with basketball, how I learnt to dribble with both of my hands, how I corrected my posture of shooting, how I imitated Kobe&`&s fadeaway, Allen&`&s crossover, T-Mac&`&s jump shot, and how I called up my friends to play together. Even though so many years passed by, my heart is still filled with warmth and satisfaction when I recall that shabby basketball court. Now I am a sophomore student, and I have been playing basketball for more than ten years. Life is changeable, but the thing that does not and will not change is I am still playing basketball. Playing basketball is not my career, but I think what more important is as I play basketball, all pressures and unhappy moments disappear, laughter and relaxation are there with me. When I feel gloomy and confused, I will play basketball. A scene will occur to me, an eight-year-old kid standing in the shabby court and trying his best to play basketball well. I guess that kid is my inner self and that kid will guide me to be a better self in the future. Now, that shabby basketball court was fixed. It’s standard. A few kids play basketball there every afternoon. They dribble, shoot, practice and laugh. I hope basketball will enlighten them as well. I was born in June 1996. Two days after my birthday, Kobe was selected in the NBA draft and his NBA basketball career took off. Now I am 20. After 20 years’ ups and downs, Kobe wrote this letter to announce the date of his retirement. His 20-year-NBA career is about to end. Thank you, Kobe. Thank you for giving us so many wonderful and touching memories in the past 20 years. Best wishes to you. Kobe Bryant 科比•布莱恩特，1978年8月23日出生于宾夕法尼亚州费城，美国职业篮球运动员，司职得分后卫/小前锋（锋卫摇摆人），从1996年起一直效力于NBA洛杉矶湖人队，是前美国职业篮球运动员乔•布莱恩特的儿子。 科比是NBA最好的得分手之一，突破、投篮、罚球、三分球他都驾轻就熟，几乎没有进攻盲区，单场比赛81分的个人纪录就有力的证明了这一点。除了疯狂的得分外，科比的组织能力也很出众，经常担任球队进攻的第一发起人。另外科比还是联盟中最好的防守人之一，贴身防守非常具有压迫性。 2015年11月30日，科比宣布本赛季结束后正式退役。（百度百科） 垫乐： 1.井内舞子 - 大切な友达 2. William Joseph - Nearer My God to Thee 3.押尾コータロー - 風の詩 主播 | 制作: 罗斌; 校对, 发行: 永清 文字及垫乐归作者或版权方所有 图片源于网络 为你读英语美文，Read English for You 微信公众号：为你读英语美文 官方新浪微博：@为你读英语美文 荔枝FM 搜索【为你读英语美文】收听